Got a break in the football action and hopped on here to post about my first attempt and a barley wine. I am by no means a seasoned home brewer, but I have been going at it for at 3 years (between deployments). I used some flaked oats and flaked barley in my first ever barley wine and used the ingredients incorrectly. I didn't know that I should cook them to get the best conversion possible. So after the boil I ended up about at 1.068 when I was expecting 1.100. I cooled and pitched planning to just treat the beer as a run of the mill ale.
Here's where it gets a little hairy. After a few too many home brews about 3 days into the primary, I got the wild idea to dump just over 3 pounds of LDME right into the fermented beer! It took off and bubbled for about 36 hours and finished right where I had originally expected 1.025.
How likely is it that I am going to end up having to dump this batch? I'm planning on racking it to the secondary in a few days and then kegging it in a few weeks. I'll be leaving it in the keezer for the entirety of my upcoming Afghanistan deployment.
Is there anything I should do before leaving this beer for so long? I plan on filling the keg with CO2 to help eliminate O2. I'm more than a little nervous about an infection to be honest. Sorry for the long read, but thank you for check it out!
Here's where it gets a little hairy. After a few too many home brews about 3 days into the primary, I got the wild idea to dump just over 3 pounds of LDME right into the fermented beer! It took off and bubbled for about 36 hours and finished right where I had originally expected 1.025.
How likely is it that I am going to end up having to dump this batch? I'm planning on racking it to the secondary in a few days and then kegging it in a few weeks. I'll be leaving it in the keezer for the entirety of my upcoming Afghanistan deployment.
Is there anything I should do before leaving this beer for so long? I plan on filling the keg with CO2 to help eliminate O2. I'm more than a little nervous about an infection to be honest. Sorry for the long read, but thank you for check it out!